Set DAC port with a specific number
Usually named instance can uses dynamic port, if firewall setup on the server, you can use SQL Server Configuration Manager...
2013-04-18 (first published: 2013-04-10)
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Use delegated session configuration in Powershell 3.0
Powershell 3.0 has many new feature, and they are useful in some circumstance.
let's say User A log in server A,...
2013-04-05
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Compression Backup with BUFFERCOUNT parameter
If you want to make you backup faster, you can try BUFFERCOUNT parameter with compression backup.
From Book Online description:
BUFFERCOUNT = { buffercount | @buffercount_variable...
2013-04-03
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Get Perfmon data with Powershell
Sometimes you just want to have a look at the system performance, or you feel tired with log on the server, open...
2013-02-21
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"Auto update statistics" option on tempdb
"Auto update statistics" option is enabled by default on tempdb, if it is disabled, you may get trouble in some...
2013-01-28
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Got "Cannot generate SSPI context" error message after changing sql service account
Today I changed a sql server service startup account during testing, then when I tried to connect sql server with...
2013-01-19
12,474 reads
Row of nonclustered index page
Below is the formula of calculating the row size of non-clustered index page
so unique non-clustered index created on unique clustered index use smallest...
2013-01-04
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Heap might take more space than clustered Index when inserting row
Sometimes when you insert row on heap, even if the page has enough free space, the new row can not...
2013-01-03
955 reads
Test Hadoop cluster on vmware
SQL Server MVP Jeremiah Peschka posted 2 articles about Hadoop, which makes me be interested on the nosql skill.
I don't have much knowledge...
2012-12-29
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Explore file physical structure - Delete
1. Create sample db
use master
go
CREATE DATABASE [test] ON PRIMARY
( NAME = N'test', FILENAME = N'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\master\test.mdf' , SIZE = 2048KB , FILEGROWTH = 1024KB...
2012-11-27 (first published: 2012-11-21)
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Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: AI Query Analysis
By Steve Jones
AI is everywhere. It’s in the news, it’s being added to every product, management...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 8: RAG – Retrieval Augmented Generation
By Vinay Thakur
RAG — Retrieval Augmented Generation. we have covered so far — embeddings, vectors, vector...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 7: Vector and Vector Databases
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 6 we learned Embeddings, Semantic Search and Checks, on Day 7...
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would it be so terrible to install ssms on a few user desktops?
Hi, ssms is free here. I can think of other reasons to do this...
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Not Just an Upgrade
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Restoring On Top I
I am doing development work on a database and want to keep a backup so I can reset my database. I make some changes and want to restore over top of my changes. When I run this code, what happens?
USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO USE DNRTest GO CREATE TABLE MyTest(myid INT) GO USE master RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACESee possible answers